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  1. LTC / Rehab...as bad as they say?

    I want to add, most of the nurses where I work have their applications in at hospitals. The older nurses who don't tend to work their way up in management where I work. Some of the nurses get in at...
  2. LTC / Rehab...as bad as they say?

    I focus on my patients and my care and am always trying to learn and develop my nursing skills in my sub-acute setting. I have learned so much in my setting because I choose to. I also know right...
  3. med/surg to hospice..on-call position

    I have experience in long-term care and sub-acute care settings, and have applied for an on-call position with hospice. It is every weekend from 8p Fri to 8a Mon with full-time pay. I am in a BSN...
  4. I've been looking on youtube for review of skills. First, you've got to have a solid base because of the nature of anyone being able to post, but just watching from start to finish things like sterile...
  5. Have CNAs bullied nurses (RNs/LPNs)?

    Aides, not even certified where I work, in assisted living run the show. I used to stand firm (as a nurse should) about care standards, and really advocate for care of residents. There was a group...
  6. I have a job offer of full-time day shift RN at a subacute-rehab facility. I'll be the only nurse, with the DON present, along with a CNA for the first month, and a maximum of 5 patients this first...
  7. thatonemom: THANK YOU for your thoughtful advice and words of encouragement. Your wisdom has motivated me and helped me realize the gift of this
  8. Medication Errors?

    A response that I got from a resident I wanted to send out to ER for eval, with her refusal, was "I'd rather you throw me on hot coals than send me there!" With an error potential like this I now see...
  9. New Grad Job Hunting

    At the facility where I work, it is ALL about timing as to hiring nurses. It appears that if there is a need for a nurse, the first and most convenient applicant who 'walks in the door' gets the job....
  10. which one should i pick?

    Even though the hospital may seem ideal for networking, I've found that smaller settings provide ideal networking opportunities. It's easy to get lost in the crowd in a hospital setting as a...
  11. Should I stay or should I go? I don't know.

    Relationships are about a balance of each person growing, with respect and trust at the base. From a professional view you need to take this job. Hopefully you and your husband can make it work for...
  12. Anyone else regret this?

    How's this for regret...I passed my NCLEX-RN in October, having been a LPN for 3 years at my current employer. I had a meeting with my boss, she gave me a hug with great congrats on getting my RN and...
  13. Assited Living: The new skilled care

    I have a med pass of 44 residents, and a total number of over 70 residents. We don't have med techs, but it is family-owned so we've got the uneducated (as in, not even taken an aide course) kids and...
  14. I passed NCLEX-RN first try with 75 questions I highly recommend Saunders review book and the separate questions book. I studied a system at a time, like musculoskeletal for ex., I'd study...
  15. stay at nursing home or go to the hospital?

    I have been a LPN for 2 years, working in long-term care. I love geriatrics and mostly love my job. I've got great hours and a lot of autonomy, and most importantly I love my residents. I've not yet...
  16. How many of you took the LVN-RN-BSN/MSN route???

    I applied to the RN program at my community college and had a wait of 1.5 years, so I applied to the LPN program and got in the next semester (while holding my seat in the RN program). I graduated...
  17. Nursing shortage? or Nursing bubble?

    I have also considered the scenario you've thought about. Just in case, I think it's important to at least get a BSN. I have just graduated with my ADN, and the last thing I want to do is school...
  18. A nursing instructor during our nursing school orientation gave the story of boiling water needing 212F, that at 211F it's not boiling water...the point of one degree making all the difference, and...
  19. ALF for a newbie

    I work in AL. I pass meds; we don't have med techs even though it's allowed in Michigan. The Administrator/Owner is a nurse herself and won't allow med techs in her facility. We do have aide "team...
  20. You said that the PA profession doesn't offer a lot of upward mobility. The NP profession is pretty much the same. In health care, especially these days, experience tends to lead to opportunity and...
  21. Assisted living ?

    I work in assisted living and pass meds as a nurse. In many ways its more like a nursing home than "assisted living". Our dress code is not a nursing uniform, but business-casual. I love the...
  22. A resident who clearly belongs in psych and new to our facility punched and kicked me. I was responding to an aide who called for assistance because they felt threatened. Later in the day, the...
  23. nursing jobs

    Health care is so regulated. I'm a LPN and am in my last semester of my ADN. I go to school in NW Ohio, but am a nurse in Michigan. What I can do in Michigan as a LPN is very different from Ohio,...
  24. Losing your perfect pre-nursing job

    LTC a waste of your knowledge and talent? Hmm. I find that the "skills" you referred to in the hospital environment can be practiced easily. On the other hand, the often-overlooked "skills" that that...
  25. Obsession with nursing( is this normal)?

    You WILL make it. With your devotion, even if it takes a couple of years, you will make it. Be sure to keep your grades up, number one. Next, make quality use of your time by working in health care...